# Infor System21 Machine Manager Day Start and Day End Schedule Worksheet > Source: https://netray.co/tools/infor-system21-machine-manager-schedule-worksheet > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: Free Tools ## Short answer An editable worksheet for documenting the System21 Machine Manager Auto Day Start and Auto Day End job streams, prefilled with the jobs suggested in the IBM Redbook. ## Category other-erp ## Erp Infor System21 ## Audience - ERP administrator - IBM i operator - IT manager ## Tool **Kind:** worksheet **Mode:** editable **Columns:** #### Schedule **Key:** schedule **Type:** select **Options:** - Day Start - Day End - Subsystems and background jobs #### Sequence **Key:** seq **Type:** number #### Application **Key:** app **Type:** text #### Job or function **Key:** job **Type:** text #### Command or task **Key:** command **Type:** text #### Purpose **Key:** purpose **Type:** text #### Run time **Key:** run_time **Type:** text **Help:** 99:99:99 means run in the ADS or ADE stream #### Expected duration **Key:** duration **Type:** number **Unit:** min #### Depends on **Key:** depends **Type:** text #### Owner **Key:** owner **Type:** text #### Last verified **Key:** verified **Type:** date #### Notes **Key:** notes **Type:** text **Rows:** **Schedule:** Day Start **Seq:** 10 **App:** IBM i **Job:** Hold PWRDWNSYS job queue **Command:** HLDJOBQ JOBQ(PWRDWNSYS) **Purpose:** Stop a power down running during the day **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Schedule:** Day Start **Seq:** 20 **App:** IBM i **Job:** Start QINTER **Command:** STRSBS SBSD(QINTER) **Purpose:** Allow interactive sign-on **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Depends:** Seq 10 **Schedule:** Day Start **Seq:** 30 **App:** IBM i **Job:** Start IBM cleanup **Command:** STRCLNUP *IMMED **Purpose:** Run IBM i automatic cleanup **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 5 **Notes:** Redbook prefers IBM cleanup over MM queue clearing **Schedule:** Day Start **Seq:** 40 **App:** IBM i **Job:** Start QBATCH **Command:** STRSBS SBSD(QBATCH) **Purpose:** Allow batch jobs **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Schedule:** Day Start **Seq:** 50 **App:** IBM i **Job:** Start QSPL **Command:** STRSBS SBSD(QSPL) **Purpose:** Start spooling and printing **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Schedule:** Day Start **Seq:** 60 **App:** IBM i **Job:** Start QPGMR **Command:** STRSBS QPGMR **Purpose:** Start the programmer subsystem **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Schedule:** Day Start **Seq:** 70 **App:** IBM i **Job:** Start TCP/IP **Command:** STRTCP **Purpose:** Start TCP/IP **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 2 **Schedule:** Day Start **Seq:** 80 **App:** IBM i **Job:** Start host servers **Command:** STRHOSTSVR *ALL **Purpose:** Client and ODBC access **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Depends:** Seq 70 **Schedule:** Day Start **Seq:** 90 **App:** Inventory **Job:** Clear inventory record locks file **Command:** CLRPFM OSLD1F3/INP99 **Purpose:** Remove soft locks left by failed jobs **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Depends:** No users signed on **Notes:** Only safe before users start work **Schedule:** Day Start **Seq:** 100 **App:** Work Management **Job:** Start WFBACK3 **Command:** STRSBS IPGAMP4/WFBACK3 **Purpose:** Start the workflow background subsystem **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Schedule:** Day Start **App:** OE **Job:** OE_INVOICE **Command:** Application OE/ /03, task 3032 **Purpose:** Invoice print and posting **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 15 **Depends:** Background jobs started **Schedule:** Day Start **App:** SA **Job:** DAILY_UPD **Command:** Application SA/ /03, task 1160 **Purpose:** Daily sales analysis update **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 10 **Depends:** OE_INVOICE **Schedule:** Day Start **App:** Machine Manager **Job:** Day End initiation **Command:** SBMENDDAY **Purpose:** Schedule tonight's Auto Day End **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Notes:** Must stay in the ADS stream or the cycle stops **Schedule:** Subsystems and background jobs **App:** GL **Job:** GLBACK3 GLUPDATE (balance update) **Command:** Start task GL/0001, end task GL/0002 **Purpose:** GL balance update background job **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Notes:** GLBACK3 is the one subsystem not started with STRSBS **Schedule:** Subsystems and background jobs **App:** IN **Job:** INBACK3 IN_STKMON (stock) **Command:** Start task IN/0065, end task IN/0070 **Purpose:** Inventory stock background job **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Notes:** End job IN_TRMSSM (Redbook Table 97) **Schedule:** Day End **Seq:** 10 **App:** IBM i **Job:** Change QSYSOPR message queue **Command:** CHGMSGQ MSGQ(QSYSOPR) DLVRY(*DFT) **Purpose:** Stop break messages halting the stream **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Schedule:** Day End **Seq:** 20 **App:** IBM i **Job:** End QINTER **Command:** ENDSBS QINTER *IMMED **Purpose:** Sign off interactive users **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 2 **Depends:** Users warned **Schedule:** Day End **Seq:** 30 **App:** IBM i **Job:** End QSPL **Command:** ENDSBS QSPL *IMMED **Purpose:** Stop spooling before backup **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Schedule:** Day End **App:** Work Management **Job:** End WFBACK3 **Command:** ENDSBS WFBACK3 **Purpose:** Stop workflow background subsystem **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Schedule:** Day End **App:** Machine Manager **Job:** Clear Machine Manager log **Command:** CLRMNGLOG KEEP(7) **Purpose:** Keep 7 days of MM log **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Schedule:** Day End **App:** Machine Manager **Job:** Clear MM history log **Command:** CLRMNGHST KEEP(7) **Purpose:** Keep 7 days of MM history **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Schedule:** Day End **App:** Common Functions **Job:** Run Common Functions day end **Command:** CALL PGM(IPGCFP4/ICF706CL) **Purpose:** Common Functions day end **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 2 **Schedule:** Day End **App:** Application Manager **Job:** Application Manager day end **Command:** CALL PGM(IPGAMP4/XA803CLP) **Purpose:** Application Manager day end **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 2 **Schedule:** Day End **App:** Application Manager **Job:** Clean user allocations **Command:** CLNUSRALC **Purpose:** Remove leftover application allocations **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 1 **Depends:** Users off **Schedule:** Day End **App:** IN **Job:** IN_WEEKEND **Command:** Application IN/ /03, task 1310 **Purpose:** Inventory week end update **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 20 **Notes:** Weekly: set the day mask for the day the ADE actually starts **Schedule:** Day End **App:** Machine Manager **Job:** Submit power down **Command:** SBMPWRDWN **Purpose:** Power down and IPL, or run Day Start instead **Run time:** 99:99:99 **Duration:** 30 **Depends:** Backup complete **Notes:** Uses the MMPWRDWN parameters **Totals:** #### Total expected minutes **Key:** duration **Agg:** sum **Format:** number **Summary:** #### Average minutes per job **Key:** avg_job **Expr:** sum_duration / count **Format:** decimal **Notes:** Job names, commands and task codes are from IBM Redbook SG24-5967, Appendix C (Tables 94 to 97) and chapter 6. Sequence numbers are shown only where the Redbook table is unambiguous. Durations are placeholders for you to replace with times from DSPMNGLOG or DSPDAYHST. The Redbook also lists Work Management tasks (STRWM, WMRECOVER and others) that take your environment name; add them if you use Work Management, and confirm task codes for your release. ## Content **Intro:** An editable worksheet for documenting and reviewing the Infor System21 Machine Manager Auto Day Start (ADS) and Auto Day End (ADE) job streams, prefilled with jobs suggested in the IBM Redbook. Fill in owners, durations and last-verified dates, then export to Excel for your runbook. **Sections:** #### What Machine Manager is **Body:** Machine Manager is the System21 scheduler, integrated with Application Manager so it can run application tasks as well as IBM i commands. It has four parts: day-start activities, end-of-day activities, scheduled daily activities and power-down schedules, with libraries IPGMMP4, IPGMMD4 and IPGMMF4. The JOBSCH job runs in QCTL and wakes at the interval set in the job schedule times. Unlike WRKJOBSCDE, which schedules independent IBM i jobs by time, Machine Manager runs ADS and ADE as ordered streams by sequence number and day mask, can call Application Manager tasks with their prompt data stored, and drives the daily cycle: ADS ends with SBMENDDAY, and ADE ends with a power down or a new ADS. #### How to read and maintain the schedule **Body:** Tasks with a scheduled time of 99:99:99 run inside the ADS or ADE stream in sequence order; tasks with a job description are submitted to a job queue, and those without run as part of the stream. Use MNGADSJOB and MNGADEJOB (or STRIPGMM options 1 and 2) to maintain the lists, DSPDAYSCH to see what will run on a given date and DSPMNGLOG to read the log. The Redbook suggests sequence numbers in steps of 10 or 100 so new tasks can be inserted. The day mask is read relative to when ADE starts: if Day End starts at 2:00 a.m., a weekend job meant for Saturday night needs Sunday in its mask. **Bullets:** - MNGJOBSCH: today's scheduled jobs and scheduler delay - MNGENDDAY: Day End start time and user warning - MNGPWRDWN: power down times and IPL defaults - SBMJOBSCH: restart the JOBSCH job in QCTL #### Common failure points **Body:** The schedule fails quietly more often than loudly. If SBMENDDAY is removed from ADS, Day End never runs again. If interactive or background subsystems are not ended before the backup, files stay locked and the save misses objects. Programs that fail leave soft locks, such as ACTF40 on OEP40 or rows in INP99, which is why the suggested ADS clears INP99 before users sign on. A held job queue, often PWRDWNSYS or QBATCH after manual work, stops submitted tasks. Finally, a task set up with a user profile that has lost authority to the Application Manager task will fail every night until someone reads the log. #### How to verify last night's run **Body:** Each morning, run DSPDAYHST for the previous date or DSPMNGLOG and check that every ADE task completed and that ADS ran after the IPL. Confirm JOBSCH is active with WRKSBSJOB QCTL. Check that the backup job ended normally and that the GL and other background subsystems are active again. Record the actual minutes for each task in this worksheet once a month; the total shows how much of your night window the stream uses and warns you before growth pushes Day End into the working day. Restrict Machine Manager commands to QSECOFR or other authorised users, as the Redbook recommends. **Cta:** If you want an assistant that reads the Machine Manager log each morning and tells your team in plain English what failed and why, on your own IBM i, we can set that up. **Faq:** #### What is the difference between Machine Manager and WRKJOBSCDE? **Answer:** WRKJOBSCDE schedules individual IBM i jobs at set times. System21 Machine Manager runs ordered Day Start and Day End streams by sequence number and day mask, can launch Application Manager tasks with their stored prompt data, and controls power down and IPL. Most System21 sites use Machine Manager for the daily cycle. #### How do I start the System21 job scheduler? **Answer:** Run SBMJOBSCH to start the JOBSCH job in QCTL, or set the system startup program to IPGMMP4/MMSTRPGM so the scheduler and Auto Day Start run after each IPL. You can also press F7 (Run Day Start) on the job schedule times screen reached with MNGJOBSCH. #### Why did System21 Day End not run last night? **Answer:** The usual causes are that JOBSCH was not active, SBMENDDAY did not run in the previous Day Start, the Day End time was overridden, or an earlier ADE task failed and stopped the stream. Check DSPMNGLOG, confirm JOBSCH in WRKSBSJOB QCTL and review MNGENDDAY. #### Where can I find the full System21 administration guidance? **Answer:** The IBM Redbook SG24-5967, Geac System 21 Implementation for AS/400, covers Machine Manager in chapter 6 and lists suggested schedules in Appendix C. Infor's System21 Machine Manager product guide and your installation documentation cover later releases; check them for task codes added since. ## Search terms infor system administration guide, infor system 21 product guide, infor system21, infor system 21, system21 machine manager, system 21 day end, machine manager auto day start, mngadejob --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json